Laboratory Diagnosis of COVID-19: Current Issues and Challenges | Zendy

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Laboratory Diagnosis of COVID-19: Current Issues and Challenges

Author(s) -

YiWei Tang,

Jonathan E. Schmitz,

David H. Persing,

Charles W. Stratton

Publication year - 2020

Publication title -

journal of clinical microbiology

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 2.349

H-Index - 255

eISSN - 1070-633X

pISSN - 0095-1137

DOI - 10.1128/jcm.00512-20

Subject(s) - covid-19 , medicine , intensive care medicine , outbreak , coronavirus , diagnostic test , respiratory tract infections , clinical microbiology , virology , pathology , respiratory system , pediatrics , infectious disease (medical specialty) , biology , disease , microbiology and biotechnology

The COVID-19 outbreak has had a major impact on clinical microbiology laboratories in the past several months. This commentary covers current issues and challenges for the laboratory diagnosis of infections caused by severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2). In the preanalytical stage, collecting the proper respiratory tract specimen at the right time from the right anatomic site is essential for a prompt and accurate molecular diagnosis of COVID-19. Appropriate measures are required to keep laboratory staff safe while producing reliable test results.

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